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· 11/5/1998

Batjac Productions Inc., a California Corp. v. Goodtimes Home Video Corp., a Delaware Corp. Marybeth Peters, Register of Copyrights

Citations

  • 160 F.3d 1223
  • 48 U.S.P.Q. 2d (BNA) 1647
  • 98 Daily Journal DAR 11443
  • 98 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 8208
  • 1998 U.S. App. LEXIS 28103
  • 1998 WL 767484

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • noting, in the context of the common law right of first publication, that such a right “does not entail multiple first publication rights in every available medium”
  • noting, in the context of the common law right of first publication, that such a right “does not entail multiple first publication rights in every available medium”
  • deferring to the Register’s interpretation in an internal manual, Compendium of Copyright Office Practices
  • deferring to the Register’s interpretation in an internal manual, Compendium of Copyright Office Practices
  • deferring to the Register’s interpretation in an internal manual, Compendium of Copyright Office Practices
  • deferring to the Register’s interpretation in an internal manual, Compendium of Copyright Office Practices

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Judges: Fletcher, Thompson, Leavy

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